RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD MARKET
UPDATE
September 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY NEWS
37,400 Clean Energy Jobs Announced in Second Quarter but PTC Threat Already Slowing Wind Industry
USACE Announces New Action to Support Deployment of Renewable Energy on U.S. Military Installations
Small Savings to Federal Renewable Policy Could Deliver Big Savings for Taxpayers
Political Support and Clear Policies Prove Critical for Renewable Energy Market Growth
China Fund Slams the Door to RMB Investment Wide Open for Foreigners...EU Bankers Ready to Walk In
Nexant to Lead USAID Partnership to Advance Clean Energy Deployment (PACE-D) in India
SDTC Announces Call for Applications for Clean Technology Funding
World Bank Joins United Nations to Lead Effort to Bring Electricity, Sustainable Fuels to the
£16 Million for Carbon Cutting Entrepreneurs
Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism Passes One Billionth Certified Emission Reduction Milestone
Bangkok Climate Talks Make Concrete Progress on Key Issues Ahead of Doha
IETA Welcomes Fully Linking Australian and EU Emissions Trading Schemes
The Future Looks Green for Brazil’s Impressive Renewable Energy Industry
Better Quality and More Reliable Electricity to Support Vietnam’s Sustainable Development and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
UAE’s Ministry of Economy and SDTC Join Forces to Support Cleantech Commercialization
Bahrain Commits to Green Energy
The Government of Suriname, the Global Environmental Facility and the MIF Commit to Establishing Necessary Conditions to Provide Clean Energy in Suriname
Capacity Crowd Turns Out to Discuss $7 Billion Renewable Energy Contract Request for Proposals
PNM to Implement Renewable Energy Rider
WIND
INDUSTRY NEWS
American Wind Power Reaches 50 GW Milestone
NRDC Reports Typical wind Farm Supports Nearly 1,100 Jobs and Adds Millions of Dollars to Local Communities
New UK Research Proves Economic benefits of Onshore Wind
New Report Shows Wind Power is Reliable and reduces Emissions
CanWEA Expresses Concerns; Seeks More Details on Proposed Health Canada Study to Ensure Scientific Validity of Research
Esri Launches European Wind User Group
GE Partners with Excelsior College to Launch Renewable Energy Technology College Credits-for-Work Experience Program
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Toshiba, Kobelco and Keio University to Develop Hybrid Power Control System for Concentrated Solar Power, Wind Turbine and Biomass Power Generation
Offshore Use of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines Gets Closer Look
ScottishPower Renewables Offers Radar Solution to Help Unblock Major Wind Power Projects in Central Scotland
CEPRI and GL Garrad Hassan Join Together to Bolster China’s Wind Industry
Urban Green Energy and GE Announce First Sanya Skypump Installation
FINANCIALS
ASMC
Broadwind Energy
Goldwind
Juhl Wind
Magnetek
Mass Megawatts
Ming Yang
Suzlon
Vestas
Western Wind Energy
COMPANY NEWS
Vestas in Dialogue with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
SSE Increases Holding in Wind Towers Ltd.
Sprott Power, Wind Canada Investments and Shear Wind Announce Agreement for the Acquisition of Shear Wind by Sprott Power and $30 Million Public Offering by Sprott Power of Extendible Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures
Nordex: Profitable Growth Underpinned by a New Corporate Strategy
Broadwind Energy Announces Reverse Stock Split to Maintain NASDAQ Listing
Broadwind Energy Announces Closure of $20 Million Credit Facility
United Technologies Completes Clipper Windpower Transaction
enXco Becomes EDF Renewable Energy
OwnEnergy Announces Groundbreaking Investment by NJR Clean Energy Ventures
MY Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with CGNPC on Wind and Solar Power Development
Arise Windpower AB Buying Back Shares
NJR Clean Energy Ventures Enters On-Shore Wind Market with Investment in OwnEnergy
Ventower Industries Selected to Receive Support under MEDC Pilot Program
Western Wind Responds to Brookfield Renewable’s Acquisition of a Stake in the Company
Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc. Addresses Recent Unexpected Stock Volume and Drop in the Stock Price
PRODUCT NEWS
GE Celebrates 300 Wind Turbines Installed in Brazil
Vestas Supplies its First Turbines with Intelligent Aviation Lights, Reducing the Visual Impact of Wind Power Plants
Nordex Introduces New Service Package: “Premium Light”
Gamesa G8X-2.0 MW and G9X-2.0 MW Machines Received Certificates in China
Bird-Friendly Wind Power Brings Manufacturing Jobs to New Jersey
JLM Energy Inc. Introduces Zefr, the Arrayed Wind Turbine
Blade Production Begins in Evansville
Gamesa Renames its Wind Turbine Platforms to Better Suit an Expanding and More Versatile Product Portfolio
Mass Megawatts’ Improved Wind Augmentation System is near Completion
OFFSHORE
Offshore Wind Jobs Central to ‘Blue Growth’
Regulatory Framework and Markets Are Key
Crown Estate Publishes Study on How to Reduce the Cost of Offshore Wind Energy
Offshore Wind Industry to Slash Costs by Over 30 Percent in Next Seven Years
System Change towards an Offshore Grid Development Plan Proposed
Cutting Edge Wind Farm Attracts Major Interest from Global Turbine Suppliers
Energy Consortium Launch Offshore Wind Research and Development Program
Builders of German Offshore Wind Farms Submit Research Report on Noise Mitigation
Department of the Interior Announces Next Steps for Commercial Wind Leasing Offshore Maine
Statement by Cape Wind Communications Director Mark Rodgers on the FAA Determination of No Hazard
ScottishPower Comments on Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force Report
Iberdrola Awards €18 Million Contract for Geotechnical Study at its German Offshore Wind Farm
First Offshore Wind Round Three Project Enters Planning
Consent of Greater Wash Offshore Wind Farms Welcomed
Start of Construction of the First Windreich AG Offshore-Windfarm on Schedule
REpower and RWE Innogy Sign Contract for 54 Offshore Turbines for Innogy Nordsee 1
Construction Commences on German Offshore Wind Farm Meerwind Süd/Ost
C-Power’s Offshore Wind Farm Thornton Bank II Installed
Commission Approves Acquisition of Controlling Stake in German Wind Farm Borkum Riffgrund I by Boston Holding
Windreich Congratulates PNE – The German Small Firm Sector Pulls off the Energy Change
Doosan Starts Operation of Korea’s First 3 MW Offshore Wind Turbine System
U.S. INSTALLATIONS
3,000 MW Wyoming Wind Energy Project and Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area Take Key Steps Forward
Providing Capital and Technology, GE Advances Partnership with Enel Green Power to Build One of Minnesota’s Largest Wind Farms
First Wind Farm Operating in Willacy County, TX
U.S. Treasury Department Finances Caney River Wind Farm
Nevada’s First Wind Power Project Begins Generating Clean Energy
EDF Trading and EDF Renewable Energy Join Forces to Optimize Wind Asset in Texas
EDF Renewable Energy Announces Operation of the 140 MW Pacific Wind Project
Gamesa to Supply its First G97-2.0 MW in the United States to Exergy in Minnesota
GE Wind Turbines to Power Comexhidro Wind Farm in Santa Catarina, Mexico
Walmart Introduces Industrial Wind Turbine at Distribution Center in Red Bluff, CA
Juhl Wind, Inc. to Power Minnesota Vikings’ Home Games with 100 Percent Renewable Energy throughout the 2012-2013 Season
WIND INSTALLATIONS - AROUND THE WORLD
ScottishPower Renewables Submits Plans for Third Extension at Whitelee Windfarm
SSE Renewables Sets out Commitment to Highlands as it Submits New Wind Farm Applications
Gamesa Strengthens its Brazilian Presence by Landing a New Contract to Supply 258 MW
Wind Power Projects at Four New Sites
Public Inquiry to be Held into Mid-Wales Wind Farms
Ex-Im Approves $32.1 Million in Financing for Export of U.S. Wind Blades to Brazil
Repower Signs Contract for 131 MW Australian Wind Farm Project
SSE Renewables Withdraws from Pairc Wind Farm
Arise Windpower AB Acquisition of Solberg Project, 75 to 120 MW to be Completed
Suzlon Group Winds 84 MW Order from Continuum Wind Energy
Green GECCO Takes Over Three Onshore Wind Farms in Germany
SSE Submits Glencassley Wind Farm Proposal
Gamesa to Supply 75 MW to ReNew Wind Power in India
Arise Concludes Conditional Agreement for Acquisition of Fully Permitted 75 to 120 MW Project
Gordonbush Wind Farm Becomes Fully Operational
Moldova Noua Wind Farm in Romania Enters Operation
Gamesa to Deliver 48 MW of its 2.0 MW Wind Turbines to Longyuan Group in China
Nordex Prevailing Again in the High-Wind Segment
RWE Innogy Grows Wind Portfolio in Poland to 152 MW
ACCIONA Windpower to Supply 3 MW Turbines to Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation
GE’s 2.75 MW Wind Turbine Technology to Power New Wind Farm on Sweden’s West Coast
GE Wind Turbines to Power Comexhidro Wind Farm in Santa Catarina, Mexico
Vestas Receives 24 MW Order for Ireland
RES Receives Consent for Glenchamber Wind Farm
Nordex Delivering the First Wind Farm Project to Finland under Framework Agreement
Vestas Signs its First V100 Order in Italy for 20 MW
SSE Revises Cour Wind Farm Proposal Following Community Consultations
Enel Green Power Starts Operations at New 18 MW Wind Farm in Andalusia
RES Sign Turbine deal for Tallentire with Vestas
RES Signs First UK Turbine Supply Deal with Gamesa
RES Welcomes Approval on Jack’s Lane Wind Farm
RWE Innogy Starts Construction of Jüchen Wind Farm in Rhine District of Neuss
RES Disappointed by Highland Council’s Decision to Reject Forss Wind Farm Extension
SMALL SCALE
TWN Wind Power to Supply White Earth Nation with Wind Turbines
Asahi Kasei Plastics & Unified Energies International Developing Wind Turbine
Xzeres Corp. Announces New Credit Facility to Enable Rapid Delivery of its Current Order Backlog
SOLAR
INDUSTRY NEWS
Study Concludes Solar Tax Credit Pays for Itself
Governor Christie Signs $1,925, Solar Acceleration Legislation, Saving Thousands of Solar Jobs
Principal Solar Examines Solutions for the Texas Energy Shortage
Chinese Solar Imports Continue on Downward Trend
U.S. Manufacturers Invite Media to Test Top Five Myths of Trade Cases
SEMI Issues Statement on the Recent China Solar Trade Case Ruling
Greater Phoenix Launches Formal Protest against Solar Tariffs on China
Suntech Responds to SolarWorld’s Dumping Allegations in Europe
Heraeus Calls for Maintaining Free Competition in Solar Modules and Photovoltaic Products
EU ProSun, the New Sustainable Solar Energy Initiative for Europe Calls on the European Commission to Investigate Unfair Trade Practices by Chinese Manufacturers
Trina Solar Statement on Request to European Commission to Initiate Trade Investigation
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
MiaSole Sets Flexible PV Efficiency World Record at 15.5 Percent
SwRI, Industry Collaborators Receive $8.5 Million from DOE to Develop High-Efficiency Hot Gas Turbo-Expander for Solar Plants
SwRI, Industry Collaborators Receive $3.8 Million from DOE to Develop Concentrating Solar Power Combustor for Solar Plants
Photovoltaic Cells Tap Underwater Solar Energy
IEEE Continues Build Out of Portfolio of Standards for Solar Generation Market
University of Arizona Researchers Making Mirrors for the Sun
Transparent Solar Sells for Windows that Generate Electricity
FINANCIALS
Abengoa
Canadian Solar
First Solar
GT Advanced Technologies
Mage Solar
Power-One
Trina Solar
COMPANY NEWS
Konarka Technologies Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Protection
Schott Solar Withdraws from Crystalline PV Manufacturing
Abound® Solar to Suspend Operations
Hoku Completes Voluntary Delisting from NASDAQ
Day4 Energy Inc. Announces Delisting of Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Suntech Investigates Security Interest in Connection with GSF
SolarBridge Technologies Secures $25 Million in Series D Funding
Quantum Solar Power Secures Funding for Research and Development Activities and Establishes Science Advisory Board
Satcon Announces Effectiveness of 1 for 8 Reverse Stock Split
Zep Solar and Westinghouse Solar Settle Dispute over Patents
Borrego Solar Creates its Largest Single Fund for Solar Energy Projects
Principal Solar, Inc. Launches Industry Resource
Envision Solar Announces Business Development Initiatives in United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Spain
SunEdison Announces Eradication of Darkness Program Using Solar Power to Bring Electricity to Villages in India
NREL Expands Natcore’s License to Develop “Black Silicon” Solar Cells
AEG Power Solutions Wins a Major Follow-up Contract with Activ Solar for Photovoltaic Power Plant Equipment
Heraeus Issues Statement in Regard to its Innovative Photovoltaic Metallization Technology
Satcon Named No. 1 Large-Scale Solar Inverter Supplier in North America
SolarCity Opens Expanded Beltsville Operations Center
SolarCity Opens Expanded Albany Operations Center, Seeks Local Hires
ACQUISITIONS AND ALLIANCES
Hanergy Signs Agreement to Acquire Q.CELLS’ Thin Film Subsidiary Solibro
Duke Energy Renewables Acquires Arizona Solar Farm from SOLON Corporation
SPI Solar Acquires Italian EPC Contractor Solar Green Technologies
PowerSecure Acquires Distributed Solar Energy System Business
AREVA and Technip to Work on Solar Thermal (CSP) Applications for Oil and Gas Industry
SolarCity, Credit Suisse Team on Second Round of Investment to Offer Customers Affordable Solar Electricity
GCube and Assurant Partner to Protect More Commercial Solar Projects
Canadian Solar and Horizon Energy Solutions Announce Canadian EPC Turnkey Solutions Agreement
Westinghouse Solar and CBD Energy to Distribute Systems to Australia
ArrayPower and Phoenix Contact Enable Simpler, Safer Commercial Scale PV Systems
SolarEdge and Zep Solar Launch the Zep Compatible™ Power Optimizer
PRODUCT NEWS
AEG Power Solutions Expands its Solar Product Portfolio with the New Central Inverter Protect PV.630
AET Launches Innovative Commercial Ground Mount System
Applied Nanotech Unveils Low-Cost Micron Copper Ink for Electronic Applications
AQT Solar Reaches Significant Milestone with CZTS Solar Module Prototype
Ascent Solar Launches Solar Powered Charger for Apple iPhone
BASF Showcases Innovative Solutions at Intersolar North America
BigBelly Solar Extends its Smart Grid for Waste & Recycling™ to Mobile Devices
BioSolar Ready to Begin Shipping BioBacksheet
CFV Solar Test Laboratories Awarded Highly Coveted ISO-17025 Accreditation in Record Time
CH2M Hill to Share Advanced Semiconductor, Solar & Nanotechnology Expertise at SEMICON West & Intersolar Conferences
China Sunergy Modules Pass Salt Mist Corrosion and Ammonia Resistance Tests
CyboEnergy Presented Cyboinverter at Intersolar NA
DEGERenergie Presents the DEGERtracker 6000NT
Edwards Announces New Range of Loadlock Vacuum Pumps for Flat Panel Display & Solar Manufacturing
ET Solar Multi-crystalline Module Demonstrated High Performance in PHOTON Tests
EV Group and Brisbane Materials Technology Introduce Breakthrough Anti-Reflective Coating Solution to Boost Power Output of Photovoltaics
Gen110 Celebrates 10 MW Installation Milestone
Geostellar Unveils Instant Solar Analysis for Everyone
Global Solar Energy Brings Powerful Building Integrated Solar to Japan’s Growing Renewable Energy Market
HelioVolt Releases New High Performance Module Series
Heraeus Continues to Lower Silver Content per Cell, Yet Still Maintain High-Efficiency
HiSEL String Inverters on Approved CEC List
HyperSolar Demonstrates Low Cost Renewable Hydrogen Technology for Electricity Generation
JinkoSolar Modules Pass PID Test at 65 Degrees Celsius
Kyocera Solar Modules Confirmed as PID Resistant by Fraunhofer CSP Testing
Locus Energy Releases SolarOS™ – a Major Update to its Industry Leading Solar Monitoring Platform
Metal Foundations is the Answer to the Solar Industries Quest for a Better Foundation Alternative
Mitsubishi Electric’s Diamond Kit Simplifies Residential and Light Commercial Solar Installations
Photovoltaic Institute Berlin and PV Evolution Labs Attest Canadian Solar Modules are Free of Potential Induced Degradation (PID)
REC Takes Eco-Friendly to the Next Level with New Solar Modules
RenewSys Launches EVA Encapsulant for Photovoltaic Modules
Satcon Launches PowerGate Plus H-Type Smart Inverter Solutions
Siemens Expands Range of Central Inverters
Solar3D Successfully Fabricates Initial Prototype
SolarBridge Technologies Launches New Products, Partners at Intersolar
SolarEdge Expands Smart Module Portfolio with Leading Module Manufacturers
SolarFrameWorks Launches PowerCurb®
SolarWorld Cuts Injury Rates in Half Using Humantech’s Ergonomics Tools
Solectria Renewables Announces the SGI 500 XT, 600 VDC Inverter
New Report Card for Solar Projects Identifies Risks Early-on, Reducing Transaction Costs and Making More Projects Financially Feasible
Suntech Introduces 255 Watt Polycrystalline Module
Golfers Embrace SunWarrior’s PowerSwatch™ Solar Charger for On-the-Course Power
Sutor Successfully Developed Self-Cleaning PPGI Products for the Solar Energy Industry
TetraSun Completes DOE PV Incubator Project for High Efficiency Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Technology
TMEIC’s Solar Ware® Main Site Controller Provides Centralized Management of Utility Scale Photovoltaic Installations
Trina Solar Launches Trinasmart Solution in North America
Americans Challenged to Lead the Way Out of Darkness
Xunlight Awarded Key Patent, Lowers Barriers to Local Manufacture of Flexible Solar Modules
SUPPLY AGREEMENTS
ReneSola Signs 100 MW Virtus Module Distribution Agreement with Big Solar
enXco Announces Solar Module Supply Agreement with First Solar
China Sunergy Expands Market Share in Australia with 7.8 MW Sale to Urban Group Energy
ReneSola Signs 5.95 MW Virtus Module Sales Agreement with Solargain
LDK Solar Signs Three Multi-Year Photovoltaic Project Development Agreements
ReneSola Signs 8 MW Module Sales Agreement with True Value Solar
Unconquered Sun and FLEXcon On-Par to Deliver Solar Powered Golf Carts
LARGE SCALE INSTALLATIONS
CPS Energy and OCI Solar Power Launch Largest Municipality Owned Mega Solar Project in San Antonio, Bringing at Lease 800 Jobs
Aqua Caliente Reaches 200 MW Milestone
First Solar to Develop 139 MW Campo Verde Solar Project
Unirac Awarded Contract for 110 MW Landmark Solar Generating Facility
Starwood Energy Completes Final Phase of 69 MW Sault Ste. Marie Solar Project
Satcon Selected for One of California’s Largest Solar PV Power Plants
Los Angeles Utility Powers Up 11.4 MWDC SolarWorld Solar System
Community Energy under Construction on Largest Solar Project in Pennsylvania
ET Solar Supplies 7.2 MW of PV Modules to a Utility Project in Hawaii
2.5 MWDC Solar Farm Project in Pittstown, NJ is Being Built and Managed by Sunperfect Solar, Inc.
Upsolar Unveils 2.2 MW Smart Array in Vermont
Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. Unveils Largest Smart Array in North America
LARGE SCALE PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD
SunEdison Closes 98 MW of Solar Projects in Europe
Kyocera Establishes New Company to Operate 70 MW Solar Power Plant in Japan
Acciona in a Consortium with Other Companies, will Build a Solar Thermal (CSP) Plant near the Kalahari Desert
Ex-Im Approves $57.3 Million in Financing for Renewable Energy Exports to India
Enel Green Power Starts Operating New Photovoltaic Plants in Greece
RES Canada Announces Completion of Ontario’s First Large-Scale Solar FIT Project
Canadian Solar Supplies Solar Modules for the Biggest Solar Park in Hesse
WAAREE Bags a 5.75 MW Thin Film Solar PV Plant
CEZ Launches its First Photovoltaic Plant in Bulgaria
Sky Solar Japan to Begin Construction on PV Power Stations
Delta Installs 1.25 MW of SolFocus Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Systems for Sistema Solare in Italy
Tonga’s First Solar Farm ‘Maama Mai’ Ready for the ‘Go Live’
Tata Power Lights up the Lives of Villagers in Mulshi through its Unique Solar Energy Based Initiative
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL
Hawaii Gets Funds for Distributed Energy Systems at NELHA
Suniva Modules Power Redstone Energy PV Demonstration Center
Walmart Unveils 100th Solar Installation in California
Ascent Solar Selected to Provide BIPV Modules for New Foxconn Plant
Hertz Global Headquarters Outfitted with Martifer Solar USA Photovoltaic System
Suntech Solar Panels Power Asian Development Bank
Solar Project Installed at Macy’s NJ Distribution Center
SolarCity Provides Bayer Healthcare with City of Berkeley’s Largest Solar Electricity System
KDC Solar Commences Commercial Operations at the Atlantic Coast Freezers Facility in Vineland, NJ
Cogenra Solar and Inter Continental Announce Solar Cogeneration Installation in El Salvador
S.A.F.E. Bets on Solar Energy
Affordable Solar Completes Sunport Phase III Solar Project
Tioga Energy and Energy Finance Company go to the Beach: Solar Power for Wildwoods Convention Center
Onset Announces Installation of 225 kW Solar Photovoltaic Array
Eltek Solar Solution Helps Verizon Power Off-Grid Wireless Basestation
Bella Energy Completes Largest Solar Array in Utah
Martifer Solar USA, Inc. and the Clean Energy Collective Open Solar Floodgates
State’s Two Largest Distributed Solar Arrays Plugged in at Both Chicago-Area IKEA Stores; IKEA Now State’s Largest Solar Owner
SOLON Corporation Begins Construction on 460 kW Solar Project in Gila Bend, AZ
SDSU Students Harness the Sun to Power Campus Facilities
Suniva Modules Power Georgia’s First Carbon-Neutral Laboratory at Georgia Tech
Mount Diablo Unified School District Installs SunPower Solar Systems at 51 Schools, Saving $220 Million Over 30 Years
WTI Announces its Largest Solar Project in Pennsylvania
Eastern Shore’s Largest Public Sector, Aggregate, Net-Metered Solar Array Installed
Advanced Energy Successfully Commissions New AE 500 Commercial Inverters for School Project
SMUD Leads the Nation in New Solar Power Home Construction
Credit Suisse Invests $200 Million in Sunrun Home Solar Projects
Imagine Homes to Offer DOW POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingles for All New Construction
Solar Energy Applications Open for Consumers Energy Residential Customers
BlueChip Energy Installs SunHouse™ Solar Electric System on Habitat for Humanity Home in Sanford, FL
Vivint Solar Expands Energy and Cost Saving Residential Solar Service to Hawaii
Arista Power Selected as Installer for Solarize Madison County Program
Connecticut Captures Sun’s Rays and Solar Flare
SolarCity, Lend Lease Announce Next Phase in SolarStrong Project for Sustainable Electricity Production
Green Grants Partners with First associates to Bring Solar Power to Louisiana
Vivint Solar Expands to California, Now Offers Solar Solution to Homeowners in Bay Area
NEW FACILITIES
Dow Begins Production of ENLIGHT™ Polyolefin Encapsulant Films in Map Ta Phut Thailand
BIOMASS
Southern Company Brings Nation’s Largest Biomass Power Plant On Line
Aecon Awarded Biomass Power Contract
Andritz to Supply Biomass Boiler Island to Karlstads Energi, Sweden
DP CleanTech Signs Contracts for Two 30 MW Biomass Power Plants in Southern China
Rollcast Energy Project Awarded Woody Biomass Utilization Grant
Graham Corporation Awarded $3 Million in Orders for U.S. Oil Refinery and Alternative Energy Facilities
UNBC Bioenergy Project Completes First Year of Operation
enXco Acquires Pinelands Biomass Project
DP CleanTech Signs with AseaOne Power Corporation in the Philippines to Support a 12 MW Biomass Energy Initiative
Dominion Virginia Power Begins Commercial Operations at Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center
ZeroPoint Clean Tech Announces Second Live Biomass Gasification Power Plant and More to Follow
Metso’s Acquisition of Full Ownership of MW Power Completed
AREVA Invests in Bio-Coal
Viaspace and Sung Chang Sign Term Sheets to Separate Viaspace and Viaspace Green Energy and for Licensing of Giant King Grass
WASTE TO ENERGY
Air Products to Build the World’s Largest Advanced Gasification Energy from Waste Facility
Nexterra Energy-from-Renewable Waste Gasification System at the U.S. DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Commences Full Commercial Operation
Tennessee City to Implement PHG Energy’s Innovative Waste-to-Energy System
BIOGAS
EPA Launches First Waste to Biogas Mapping Tool
Ex-Im Bank Provides $48.6 Million in Financing for U.S. Green Technology Exports to Biogas Project in Brazil
GE Technology Powers First Landfill-Gas-to-Energy Project in Alaska
Tetra Tech Awarded EPA Methane Emissions Reduction Contracts Valued at More than $32 Million Combined
quasar energy group and Forest City Enterprises Celebrate Renewable Energy System Grand Opening
Kreider Farms Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Bion Waste Treatment Facility
Artois Anaerobic Digestion Plant: Ecologically Responsible Solution for Industrial Companies and Public Authorities Producing Biowaste
Weltec Biopower to Heat Swiss Army
Green District Heating from Biomass in Kalundborg, Denmark
Weltec Client Wins “Best AD Project” Award from the British Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association
Community Biogas Scheme in Ireland Benefits from Specialist Pump
Inwatech Installs Spherical Gas Storage Tank
HYDRO
RusHydro Launches New 640 MW Hydropower Unit at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydropower Plant
IMPSA Exports Hydropower Equipment for Venezuela’s Tocoma Hydropower Plant
China Hydroelectric Corporation Announces Record Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2012
IMPSA Introduces the World’s Most Powerful Kaplan Turbine
ACON Investments Leads Investment in a Hydro Power Holding Company Based in Panama
EVN Awards Song Bung 4 Civil Engineering
Itezhi-Tezhi Plant Contract Awarded
Landsvirkjun Power and Verkis Sign an Engineering Consultancy Agreement with Machakhela HPP 1 LLC
Boralex Announces Acquisition of a Hydroelectric Power Project in British Columbia
Peak Hydro Services and Voith Hydro’s after Market Business Division Combine to Create Voith Hydro Services
IMPSA Pre-Selected to build a Hydropower Plant in Canada
ITT Showcases Innovative Technologies and Solutions for Hydropower Industry during HydroVision International 2012
Innergex Acquires a 40.6 MW Hydro Facility in Quebec and Closes a $123.7 Million Private Placement of Common Shares
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy Acquires Third Mongaup River Valley Hydroelectric Project
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy Acquires Blue Heron Hydro, LC, Will Develop Two New Hydroelectric Facilities on Vermont’s West River
Meridian Exits Mokihinui Hydro Project
GEOTHERMAL
MHI Receives Full Turnkey Order from CFE, Mexico for 50 MW Geothermal Power Generation Plant
Deep Geothermal Development Project Announced in Granada, Spain
Enel Green Power Starts Up Completely Refurbished Rancia 2 Geothermal Power Plant in Tuscany
Ormat Technologies Signs EPC Contract with Enel Green Power North America for Cove Fort Geothermal Power Plant Project
Landsvirkjun in Iceland Announces New Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement with PCC
Ormat Technologies Signs Long-term Debt Financing for Up to $310 Million for the Olkaria III Geothermal Power Complex in Kenya
GGE Chile Limitada Completes Most Productive Geothermal Well in South America
IDB to Help El Salvador Become Regional Training Center for Geothermal Energy
UK and Iceland Sign Energy Agreement
Ormat Announces Commercial Operation of McGinness Hills Geothermal Power Plant
Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Ormat Technologies Reports 2012 Second Quarter Results
Crump Geyser Project: Nevada Geothermal Power and Ormat Agree to Extend Ormat Development Spending Commitments and Accelerated Cash Payments to NGP
Ball State Starts Final Phase of Creating Nation’s largest Geothermal System
Sainsbury’s and E.ON Roll out Renewable Energy to Supermarkets
MARINE ENERGY
BOEM and FERC Revise Guidelines for Development of Wave Energy and Ocean Current Technologies in U.S. Waters
Ocean Power Technologies to Work with U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Wins New Autonomous PowerBuoy Grant
Ocean Power Technologies Awarded FERC License for Oregon Wave Power Station
Maine Deploys First U.S. Commercial, Grid-Connected Tidal Energy Project
Sea Wave Power Plant No. 2 Goes to China
RME Files FERC Preliminary Permit Application for Alaska Wave Energy Project
Carbon Trust to Run New £18 Million Scottish Marine Energy Scheme to Support Commercial Wave and Tidal Power Arrays
36 Wave and Tidal Sites in UK Announced as New Projects
The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Get on Board with Marine Power
Tidal Turbine Powers Up in Orkney
World’s First 1 MW Wave Energy Converter Awarded Funding
BioPower Systems Receives New Funding of $5.6 Million from the Australian Government
Carnegie and Defense Sign Landmark Wave Energy Agreement
Ocean Power Technologies and Lockheed Martin to Develop Wave-Energy Project in Australia
Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL) R&D Project Promotes First Power Generation from Ocean Waves
Wave Energy Company Eco Wave Power is getting Closer to Commercial Scale Power Plant
Alliance between Israel and El Salvador in the Renewable Energy Field
Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year Ended April 30, 2012
TRANSMISSION
FERC Approves Final Rule to Integrate Variable Energy Resources
German Wind Industry Anticipates Breakthroughs
ABB Wins $55 Million Wind Power Order in Brazil as Renewable Energy Demand Grows
Approval Given for the Construction of a Submarine Cable Link Between Norway and Germany
AEP Transmission Joint Venture Begins Construction on Kansas Transmission Project
Rock Island Clean Line Announces Plan to File Proposed Route in Illinois with Updated Public Utility Application
Emera Inc. and Nalcor Energy Finalize Agreements for the Development of Muskrat Falls
SDG&E, State and Local Officials Dedicate New Sunrise Powerlink ‘Green Energy’ Superhighway
Enbridge Repays U.S. Federal Transmission Infrastructure Program Loan on Montana-Alberta Tie-Line (MATL) Project
STORAGE
ZBB Energy Receives Follow-On Orders Valued at Greater than $600,000 to Provide Additional Products to China Joint Venture Partner Meineng Energy
Saft Intensium® Max Li-ion System to Provide Megawatt Level Energy Storage for Endesa-led STORE Project on the Canary Islands
E.ON Starts Construction of Power-to-Gas Pilot Plant in Germany
Princeton Power Systems Powers on Energy Storage System at BMW Technology Office
EaglePicher Technologies, LLC Unveils Peak Shaver Power Pyramid™
StorMagic Enables E.ON Climate and Renewables to Achieve High Availability at 100 Facilities with SvSAN
Satcon Awarded $2 Million Grant by California Energy Commission
ZBB Energy Announces Successful Commissioning of its ZBB EnerSystem™ for the Illinois Institute of Technology’s “Perfect Power” Micro Grid Project
McPhy Energy Along with Consortium of European Partners Launch 30 MWh Grid Connected Renewable Energy Storage Project in Europe
Sandia’s Web Tool Helps Determine Best Energy Storage Options
German Ministries Launch Beacon Projects for the Storage Initiative
Balqon Corporation Introduces HIQAP™ Lithium Battery for Solar Energy Storage Applications
Ground Broken for Battery Innovation Center in Indiana
SwRI Receives DOE Award for Lithium-Ion Battery Technology
Smart Microgrid System Offering Cutting Edge Energy Management and Storage Unveiled
Tantaline Enters Renewable Energy Market with Corrosion Technology
EnerSys Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2013 Results
Liquid Metal Battery Corporation Announces New Company Name – Ambri
La Croix Valmer City Selects Areva’s Electricity Storage System
COMPANY NEW
Iberdrola Reports Net Income of €1801 for First Half of 2012
GE Simplifies Energy Business
enXco Becomes EDF Renewable Energy
Stream Energy Launches Nationwide Renewable Energy Program
PowerSecure Announces $10 Million of New Utility Infrastructure and Distributed Generation Projects, including Solar Power
Alterra Power Announces Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2012
Axion Power Reports Second Quarter Results for 2012